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April 18, 2025, Police Blotter

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Sitka Police Department received the following calls as of 8 a.m. today.

April 17

At 9:33 a.m. a man was reported making workers at a food truck uneasy. Police responded, and the man agreed to leave.

A man told police he had been scammed by someone telling him a family member was in trouble and he needed to pay money, which he did. Officers were advised.

An inmate who had come to Sitka from Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau was accused of exposing himself repeatedly while talking to his attorney in the Sitka jail. He was to be given psych treatment.

At 1:13 p.m. a dog was reported running at large at Lincoln and Lake streets. The animal control officer was called.

A man who had been at the food truck at 9:33 a.m. was reported back in the area at 1:19 p.m. Police were unable to locate him.

A protective order was requested at 7:26 p.m., and was served today.

April 18

At 12:42 a.m. a teen driver was reported to have left the parking lot in the 700 block of HPR, did a 360-degree burnout at HPR and Katlian Street, then sped down Katlian at an estimated 40 mph or so. Police were unable to locate him.

Emergency Calls

Sitka Fire Department received six ambulance calls Thursday, and one fire call at 3:52 p.m. to the 2000 block of HPR, where a house was being burned in a controlled burn.